Hands-on: Alienware M11x gaming notebook

The M11x is one most portable gaming systems ever, and one of the only one that can double as a rather nice thin-and-light laptop. It packs game-ready NVIDIA GeForce GT 335M graphics along with a Intel Core 2 Duo ULV processor (U7300) for extending the battery life as much as possible.

Starting at $799 this is computer is going to appeal to a lot of people, including those who want an Alienware but need portability or that have been dreaming about gaming on-the-run. There are downsides to the light weight though–you have an ultraportable sized display on a thin-and-light chassis, the battery is not removable, and you don’t have an optical drive. These three details feel relatively minor when you are gaming on a 4.5 pound laptop though.

Check back at Geek.com for a full review and check out our YouTube channel for further coverage of the M11x, including gaming benchmarks.

Speak Your Mind

Jimmmy

Would you suggest this for a non-gamer such as myself over something along the lines of a MBP or Envy 13?

http://arghyle.com Sal Cangeloso

The M11x has been great so far. I think it would be good for a nongamer, but there are tradeoffs. You don’t have a lot of screen real estate and the battery life isn’t amazing. You also have extra graphics power you might not need while the CPU is a bit limited compared to what you’d see on a MacBook or MacBook Pro or that Envy 13. There is also no optical drive, if that matters to you.